You know what's really scary? Driving the Hell Highway (AKA RT 495 here in central MA). Damn MA drivers...but I won’t get into that now.

Anyway, I'm interested in hearing any special plans you all may have.

Locking the front door tonight, turning off all the lights, and eating all the candy while watching some horror movies! ;-)

Seriously, my job tonight is to give away a mountian of candy! I'll be going till the last kid of the night. I made sure I bought so much more candy this year so that I don't disappoint anyone! (not to mention whats left is for me - DW said so!!)

I covertly hit the candy bags earlier to ensure I had an adequate stash.

The usual. Pass out candy, sip scotch, watch zombie movie.

Of course! Zombie movies! I almost forgot, thanks for the reminder.

The past few years my Halloween displays produced a number of complaints of being too scary. Last year only 40% of the kids that walked past our house actually came up and got candy (I kept count). On the other hand, people started showing up with videocameras to record me and our house. Ah, fame...sweeter than any Halloween candy.

Due to the complaints of some parents though I have been ordered by DW to tone things down a bit this year. No more replacing all the interior lights with green bulbs. No more stakes with impaled skulls. No more (fake) children sealed up in large plastic bags. Only one zombie. The bone pile is limited to just the bones of one cow (I had four cow skeletons). No scary monster mask or gruesome makeup. No fog machine (one parent complained about her asmatic kid), no strobe lights (another complained it made them dizzy). No recording of tortured screams...

At least I get to answer the door in my blood-splattered Los Almos coveralls and gasmask.

-Blast

Sorry you had to tone it down Blast, it sounds pretty cool the way it was (not to bad now though). Some great ideas there. Too bad about some people nowadays, to scary, come on its Halloween.

What are your kids going as?

DD1 is going as a fairy princess and DD2 will be a lion (maybe a fairy lion). I played no part in picking their costumes.

-Blast

My plans are to stay at home, with beer in the front yard, and hand out candy to all who dare to approach!!!!

Beeeeeerrrrr mmmmm